Suction cleaner hose and coupling



A. w. SEYFRIED SUCTION CLEANER HOSE AND COUPLING Filed May 27,. 1940 Sept. 30, 1941 Patented Sept. 30, 1941 Y umrro STATES PATENT OFFICE."

2,257,705 SUCTION CLEANER nose AND COUPLING Arthur W. Seyfried, Racine, Wis, assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Application May 27, 1940, Serial No. 337,350

4 Claims.

This invention relates to suction cleaner hose and couplings for conducting air from the cleaner tool or nozzle to the cleaner mechanism. The main object of the invention is to provide a hose having an attaching coupling at one end for removably attaching the hose to a, cleaner housing and having an applicator or tool coupling at the other end for removably attaching a cleaning tool to the said end, said hose and couplings being rotatable relatively to each other.

Another object is to produce a hose having coupling means of the character described, each coupling consisting of only two parts rotatable relatively to each other, free from packing, but substantially air-tight.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is an elevational view of a suction cleaner hose and couplings embodying my invention, showing a tool coupled to one end and part of the suction cleaner coupled to the other end of the hose.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hose and couplings, on an enlarged scale, partly in section, part of the hose and the outer ends of the coupling members being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken in the plane of the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view, enlarged, of a detail of the construction in the process of manufacture, and Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the part illustrated in Fig. 4 completed and assembled with the cooperating coupling member.

In that embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, the suction cleaner hose, indicated as a whole by the numeral I0, connects the applicator or tool II to the suction cleaner l2. The hose ID has a coupling at each end, each consisting essentially of two members. The coupling members I3 and I4, respectively, which fit closely against the inner surfaces of the hose Ill at each end, are identical, whereas the cooperating coupling members I5 and I6 are identical in that portion which fits within the members I3 and I4, respectively. but may difier in form at the free ends I! and I8, respectively, to conform to the requirements of the tool I! and cleaner housing I2 in which they fit.

The coupling members I3 and I4 are cylindrical in form, the major portion thereof being of such diameter as to fit snugly within the hose I0, each having an offset portion ii! at the inner end and a reversely curved portion 29 at the opposite end terminating in an external hose en gaging end 2|.

The coupling members I5 and I6 are also cylindrical in form, the major portion thereof being of such diameter as to fit snugly within the coupling members I3 and I4, respectively, each having anoffset portion 22 complemental to the offset portions I9, said ofiset portion 22 terminating in a right angle flange 23 extending outwardly across the edge of the oilset part I9 of the other coupling members I3 or I4. Preferably, the outer surface of the offset end of each member I5 and I5 is cut away as indicated at 22 in Fig. 4 so that the flange 23 may be formed on the offset portion 22 without forming a radius which would interfere with the proper fit and rotation of the part I9 relatively to the flange 23. Cutting the coupling members I5 and It as indicated at 22 prevents binding of the cooperating coupling members at the flanged end 23. By making-the flange surface fiat, the end of the oiiset potrion l9 can abut it and form an air lock and yet relative rotation may be had without undue friction.

The coupling member I5, in the present embodiment, has a rib or shoulder 24 located on the part ll so as to abut the curved portion 29 of the coupling member I3 when assembled as shown. The shoulder 24 aids in retaining the parts in rotatable assembled relation. The end portion I! is adapted for insertion in the tool II.

The coupling member I6 may have an integrally formed portion I8 for insertion in the cleaner housing, or it may be flanged as shown at 25, to engage and be connected to the member l8.

The coupling members I3 and I4 are inserted in and cemented or otherwise fixedly secured to the hose Ill, and the members I5 and I6, respectively, are rotatably mounted therein. The form of the cooperating members is such that they provide a rotatable air-tight joint without the aid of packing.

Changes may be made in details of construction without departing from the scope of my invention.

I claim:

1. A suction cleaner hose having a coupling on at least one end thereof, said coupling comprising a pair of nested tubular members, the major portion of the outer tubular member having a diameter for snugly engaging the inner wall of the hose and being secured thereto, the major portion of the inner tubular member having a diameter for rotatable engagement with said first major portion, said tubular members being inwardly offset at corresponding ends inwardly of the end of the hose and providing relatively short rotatably engaged cylindrical extensions of the respective major portions and of less diameter than said respective major portions, and a flange on one of said extensions in rotatable contact with the end of the other extension.

2. The structure according to claim 1 wherein the outer tubular member at its end opposite said oifset is reversely curved providing a pocket receiving the end of the hose.

3. A suction cleaner hose having a, coupling on at least one end thereof, said coupling comprising a tubular member secured to the inner 'wall of the hose throughout the major portion of the length of said tubular member, said tubu lar member having a reversely curved end portion extending over the free end of the hose and engaging the outer wall thereof adjacent said free end, and a second tubular member within and rotatably engaged with said first tubular member, each of said tubular members at corresponding ends opposite said reversely curved end portion being offset to maintain said tubular members against relative axial movement.

4; A suction cleaner hose having a coupling on at least one end thereof, said coupling consisting essentially of a tubular member inserted in and fixedly secured to the hose throughout the major portion of the length of said tubular member, and a second tubular member within and in rotatable engagement with said first tubular member, each of said tubular members having an offset portion adjacent one end, said ofiset portions engaging each other, and the second tubular member having a flange on said offset end, said flange extending radially toward the hose adjacent the inner edge of the offset portion of said first tubular member and preventing longitudinal movement of said second tubular member in one direction relatively to said first tubular member, and'the junction between the flange and offset portion of said second tubular member forming a. right angle for receiving the end of the other ofiset portion in a relatively air tight fit.

ARTHUR W. SEYFRIED. 

